Effect of prescribed fire for tick control in California chaparral

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1138-1145

  Padgett, K A ^a   Casher, L E ^b   Stephens, S L ^c   Lane, R S ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaparral; Dermacentor occidentalis; Ixodes pacificus; Re ecology; Tick control

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; ARGASIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR OCCIDENTALIS; DERMACENTOR PARUMAPERTUS; HEXAPODA; IXODES; IXODES JELLISONI; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES SPINIPALPIS; IXODES WOODI; IXODIDA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; ORNITHODOROS CORIACEUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR; DIPODOMYS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FIRE; INSECT CONTROL; IXODES; LONGEVITY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARGASIDAE; CALIFORNIA; DERMACENTOR; DIPODOMYS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FIRES; IXODES; LONGEVITY; MALE; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; TICK CONTROL;

EID: 70350507984     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0522     Document Type: Article

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